Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 10, 2000

Sarah Thomson – Thomson Intermedia Plc (thn.l)

SARAH JANE THOMSON is the Joint Chief Executive of Thomson Intermedia. In 1988 she joined Lintas Worldwide Limited as Information Manager before joining Valin Pollin, a financial PR advertising company as a business development manager. In 1990 she joined Mintel International Group Limited and later became Sales and Marketing Director with responsibility for direct sales, telesales, marketing communications and PR. In 1997 she became a Founder Director and shareholder of Thomson Intermedia with her husband, Stephen Thomson. Profile
TWST: Let's start with some context, a little bit of history. Tell me

what's necessary for an investor to understand the position of Thomson

Intermedia today.

Ms. Thomson: We set up the